Panama, More Drugs Contaminated
Panamanian health authorities are on alert on Tuesday after discovering more medicines contaminated with the industrial substance Diethylene Glycol, the cause of at least 22 deaths so far.

Investigations confirmed signs of the medication in four expectorant syrups made by Social Security Fund (SSB).

Faced with that situation, the Health Ministry urged the population to not consume any SSB product and implemented restrictive measures against the drug Lisinopril, considered the cause of the strange disease.

To date, authorities have report 58 cases, from them 32 in hospital, 22 dead and four are in outpatient treatment.

The crisis has been sharply criticized by politicians and organizations that demand to know what happened and the application of administrative measures.